The Emperor Jing Dies in the Ninety-Eighth Year of Eternal Governance, a New Era Arrives!
"He traveled to various Daoist temples and sought out countless powerful masters for twelve years before finally comprehending the Ultimate Law, ' Cloud Gate Yun Tian Dao Men.'"
"It's really not easy."
Inside the Ice Rock Forest, Zhao Xing couldn't help but sigh.
The highest level of the Dharma Cloud Gate, from the Nine Turns perfection, was relatively easy, achieved within a year of beginning the initial training. However, reaching the ultimate level took eleven years.
"Of the Four Seasonal Arts, the ones I use most often in the dojo are thunder and Rain Art. I never expected that I would be the first to break through."
On the contrary, it is the Cloud Method.
"The Cloud Method is the foundation of the Agricultural Official, and its reputation is indeed well-deserved." Zhao Xing recalled his battle experience.
He practiced the Cloud Gate Art very rarely at the temple, and even the Ruler of the Horizon was used sparingly.
However, it was through the "Layered Cloud Realm" technique that he comprehended the "Yun Tian Dao" and entered the threshold of the Ultimate Law.
"The flowers you plant with care may not bloom, but the willows you plant Wuxin may thrive." Zhao Xing soared into the sky, and as he flew up, a Cloudsea suddenly appeared in the Ice Rock Forest.
Zhao Xing wandered through the Cloudsea, sometimes free-falling into the clouds, sometimes looking down from the top of the Cloud Mountain.
As Zhao Xing soared and danced among the clouds, images of mountains, waterfalls, palaces, cities, tourists, flying boats, and golden wheat fields soon appeared in the sky...
This being Yun Tian Dao, completely constructing a world of clouds!
Zhao Xing sat cross-legged on a floating cloud and arrived at the Eastern Suburbs of the city.
At this moment, in the Eastern Suburbs, under the golden wheat fields, a group of lifelike minor Agricultural Official were chasing after the "Grain Eating Bird".
Above them was a flying boat, and on board an official was releasing a bird from a cage with a sinister smile.
"Damn those West Mountain guys." Zhao Xing laughed as he looked down. "They actually brought the Vulture Bird from West Mountain County to Gucheng for the Lesser Heat Assessment."
"They made things very difficult for me, Zong Shichang, Li Chengfeng, and others."
Zhao Xing then flew on a cloud to another space, where three dazzling Solar Yang suddenly appeared.
Below, a fiery red cloud split open, blocking countless figures from reaching the plain.
To the left is the Ten Thousand Mile Thunder Pool), and to the right is the Astral Wind Mountain Range.
"Li Feng, you still say you can't use Yin Wind!"
"Hit him!"
"I am not myself!"
"Hahahaha." Zhao Xing looked at a spot in front of the Ten Thousand Mile Thunder Pool and couldn't help but burst into laughter.
He continued to ride the clouds, and the surrounding scenery changed accordingly.
"The Yun Tian Dao, Heavenly Traversal, is the Ultimate Law that encompasses everything."
"Transforming into the Ultimate Law, my Layered Cloud Realm becomes even more real."
"I can cast Cloud Method, including military cloud, blood cloud, thunder cloud, Swallowing Clouds, mountain Cloud Method, and so on."
"Using Cloud Method to create a perfect world, if it aids in cultivation, any Agricultural Official enters the clouds..."
Your understanding of the Cloud Method will increase rapidly!
"The insights into Cloud Method, from low-level to high-level, are completely real."
"The effect is much stronger than the ' Preaching Painting '."
"If we're going to use it to kill enemies, then we'll have to find someone to test it out," Zhao Xing thought to himself.
According to the definition in the cultivation world, every Ultimate Law is comprehensive and perfect, and its power cannot be quantified because the meaning of Ultimate Law is that the spell has reached its end!
However, another theory holds that the Ultimate Law still has different levels.
However, this division is based on the differences caused by different users, and not on the magic itself.
This theory holds that the Ultimate Law, First-Turn, represents the pinnacle of technique.
However, the power of the spell can still be increased infinitely with First-Turn First-Turn.
This is because magic has its limits, but the Great Dao is infinite. As one's understanding of the Dao improves, the same magic will produce different powers.
"Every Ultimate Law has had its glorious moments of overpowering all other laws, and it has also been defeated."
"The Ultimate Cloud Art and the Ultimate Rain Art have both been used by different people to defeat each other. This is not a matter of the superiority or inferiority of the spells, but rather the superiority or inferiority of the people involved."
"There are many theories about the Ultimate Law in the cultivation world, and its power cannot be judged from just a few words."
"I just figured it out and used the Ultimate Law, but I don't know First Tier of power it has."
Zhao Xing was pondering when someone approached.
The Ice Rock Stone Forest is a crucial site for the inheritance of the Soldier Envoy Institute.
When Zhao Xing unleashed his Ultimate Cloud Art, it immediately alerted Chu Qianqiu, the dean of the Soldier Envoy Institute, and Lin Yuan, the guardian.
"What's going on— Ultimate Cloud Art?" Chu Qianqiu looked at the seemingly real scene in the sky and couldn't help but be shocked.
" In the Ice Rock Forest, only Vice Dean Zhao possesses such a high level of mastery of Cloud Method." Lin Yuan was also extremely shocked.
It's not like the Shangluo Academy doesn't lack people who know top-tier Time Law. After all, the only difference between them is their sect's direction in the Great Dao, and they naturally use whichever technique is most useful.
However, if one can comprehend the Ultimate Law, it means that there must be a breakthrough in the Great Dao of Time.
Besides Zhao Xing, who else has the energy to work in the Ice Rock Stone Forest?
"To comprehend the Ultimate Law at the Heavenly Luck Realm, one must have also grasped the realm of rules. He is even more monstrous than Liu Tianning— " Chu Qianqiu couldn't help but exclaim.
It should be noted that even First-Rank Life Palace Realm cultivator is merely a top-tier Law Perfection cultivator, capable of distorting the rules.
It's not that all those at the first rank can comprehend the realm of rules and master the Ultimate Law.
Zhao Xing, Second Rank, had already achieved that! How could he not be shocked?
"Where the Tao manifests, the ultimate law is revealed—." Lin Yuan revealed an envious look.
The True Self Faction has no Ultimate Law; even if it possesses rare treasures and special troops, they are not law.
Outsiders would only say that it was the effect of the divine tree branch, and had nothing to do with the True Self Faction.
Therefore, whenever the True Self Faction see Ultimate Law, they feel nothing but envy.
"Dean Chu, please enter the clouds to test the magic." Zhao Xing's voice came over.
Chu Qianqiu is at the Fate Palace Realm, so it's a good opportunity to test his magic.
"Alright!" Chu Qianqiu immediately soared into the sky and entered the clouds.
As soon as he entered the clouds, Chu Qianqiu sensed something was amiss.
He discovered that his vital energy was decreasing significantly!
Taking the wind-riding spell as an example, he originally only needed to use a wisp of his vital energy to cast it and fly easily.
But now it takes ten times the energy to maintain the original flight speed.
This situation worsens as they fly higher and higher.
Chu Qianqiu was clearly not affected by any spells, but he was losing the ability to cast spells.
"The Xun Wind Mist Travel!"
Chu Qianqiu's body shone brightly, immediately distorting the rules of heaven and earth, and only then did he recover. However, this situation did not completely disappear.
His vital energy was still only half of what it had gained from entering the clouds.
In other words, whatever he does next, even something as simple as flying, will consume double the energy.
"Before the fight even started, I was forced to use my 'Distortion of Rules' ability?" Chu Qianqiu exclaimed inwardly.
It truly lives up to its reputation as the Ultimate Law.
Swish~
Chu Qianqiu broke through the Cloudsea and finally saw the light of day again.
However, what they saw was also very strange. There were three Solar Yang in the sky, and they could not feel even a trace of the power of the Lunar Yin.
"Dean Chu." Zhao Xing stood on a high platform, watching Chu Qianqiu rush up.
"Vice Dean Zhao." Chu Qianqiu also flew over. He found that he was actually standing on solid ground. If you didn't look closely, you couldn't tell that it was condensed cloud energy.
"You have already comprehended the Ultimate Cloud Art, the Yun Tian Dao?"
"Not bad, I just grasped it." Zhao Xing smiled and said, "Please, Dean Chu, try out the power of this method."
"Okay, what do you want me to do?" Chu Qianqiu asked.
"It's very simple. You begin now to resist all my spells and try to escape," Zhao Xing said.
"Just escape?" Chu Qianqiu found these words rather grating.
Zhao Xing didn't even tell him to attack him; he just ran away, clearly believing he couldn't hurt him at all.
However harsh the words were, Chu Qianqiu didn't really think Zhao Xing was putting on airs.
"Okay, I'm ready, come on!" A pair of purple wings appeared behind Chu Qianqiu.
A Ninth Order top-grade companion plant—the Purple Firmament Cloud Vine!
This is one of the cutting-edge achievements of the Twin Birth Institute.
Azure Sea Cloud Vine and Duckweed are Derived Seed cultivated from a branch of the precious Purple Firmament Divine Tree.
It retains the characteristics of Floating Parasitic Seed, the ability of the Azure Sea Cloud Vine to absorb cloud energy, and some of the defensive power of the Purple Firmament Divine Tree.
Of course, such Derived Seed have a drawback: they cannot reproduce and are destined to be unable to be mass-produced.
Chu Qianqiu was clearly prepared to go all out.
"Go!" Zhao Xing pointed, and Chu Qianqiu was enveloped in a cloud of mist. The next moment, his body involuntarily fell three meters.
"What, Ruler of the Horizon?" Chu Qianqiu was surprised again. Of course he knew about Li Boqian's secret technique, but he had never heard of Chi Chi Ruler of the Horizon being able to teleport others out of thin air.
"Drink!" The Purple Firmament Cloud Vine on Chu Qianqiu's body vibrated rapidly. As his wings flapped, pores opened on the vines, quickly absorbing the clouds around him, attempting to rebalance the difference in cloud potential between him and the surrounding area.
Chu Qianqiu narrowly escaped landing on the Cloudsea. He had already descended fifteen meters and it took him three breaths to completely break free.
With just this one move, Chu Qianqiu was drenched in sweat.
It was terrifying. Within three breaths, his body was falling uncontrollably. If Zhao Xing wanted to kill him at that moment, he could have done it dozens of times over!
"The spell [Yun Tian Dao] encompasses everything, and even the Ruler of the Horizon' has become a control spell." Zhao Xing quietly pondered.
"If I unleash the Heavenly Timing Rule Domain, he will be completely unable to resist." Within Zhao Xing's body, there is a Great Heat Solar Terms Decree, which has transformed from light green to light gold.
The Celestial Timing Domain he comprehended was precisely the Great Heat Domain!
This Solar Terms Decree has reached the First-Turn stage of the Third Realm.
The Solar Terms Decree three levels: knowledge, determination, and adaptation.
Theoretically speaking, the Third Realm is already at a level that can shake the entire Profound Yellow World's grand Heavenly Timing.
Of course, Zhao Xing is only at the First Tier rule domain, and only at the Great Heat solar term domain, which is probably the time to shake a Heavenly Timing.
To truly shake the entire Profound Yellow World's Heavenly Timing order, one would need to achieve the Third Realm perfection of all Twenty-Four Solar Terms.
"The Third Realm and the rule domain are not necessarily related. Reaching the Third Realm of the Solar Terms Decree does not necessarily give birth to the rule domain, because the Agricultural Official's own Dao body is not strong enough."
"Even if one condenses a Solar Terms Decree body with ordinary true intent and reaches the Third Realm of the solar terms, it cannot shake the Heavenly Timing of a state, and may not be able to create a rule domain."
"The chances of condensing a Dao body with the first-grade true meaning are greater. When I gather all five elements and comprehend the Third Realm, a rule domain will surely be born, because the first-grade true meaning itself is a part of the creation of heaven and earth," Zhao Xing thought to himself.
Using Chu Qianqiu as a test subject, the effect exceeded expectations; Tears Scale Horizon easily suppressed Chu Qianqiu.
"Dean Chu, I'm about to unleash my Rule Domain, so be careful," Zhao Xing warned.
Chu Qianqiu's mind sharpened, his spirit and energy reached their peak, and he activated the Heaven and Earth Planting Soldiers Scripture full power, completely enveloping it with the Purple Firmament Cloud Vine.
But just then—
"Buzz~"
The three Solar Yang in the sky suddenly turned into ten!
The intense Solar Yang energy instantly evaporated more than half of Chu Qianqiu's vital energy!
Chu Qianqiu breathed into the room and immediately felt breathless.
If it weren't for the Purple Firmament Cloud Vine absorbing some of the power, he probably wouldn't have had any energy left.
This is the difference between having a domain and not having one!
At that very moment, he could no longer resist the shifting power of the Tears Scale Horizon and instantly fell into the Cloudsea.
Chu Qianqiu entered the Layered Cloud Realm.
The first cloud layer, and it started to rain.
Upon contact with just the first Dripping Rain, Chu Qianqiu's Purple Firmament Cloud Vine could not withstand the erosion and was directly pierced through.
"Ah-
Chu Qianqiu couldn't help but cry out in pain.
Although he immediately replaced the Parasitic Seeds with a different one, the raindrops did not fall right away.
"Stop!"
Upon seeing this, Zhao Xing instantly stopped the raindrops, then reversed their direction and became part of the clouds again. This was merely a trial; he could not kill Chu Qianqiu's companion soldier.
"When the Cloud Method reaches its ultimate level, even the Rain Art becomes terrifying; he can't withstand even a single Dripping Rain."
"However, this is also because Chu Qianqiu is a follower of the True Self Faction," Zhao Xing assessed.
Chu Qianqiu was in the sky, and he did not have Void Seed.
The only usable unit type is the Parasitic Seeds.
"Using Chu Qianqiu to test the Cloud Method is too weak a reference."
Zhao Xing moved Chu Qianqiu out.
"Excuse me, Dean Chu."
Chu Qianqiu's expression was complicated. As a mid-stage Fate Palace Realm, he was completely powerless against Zhao Xing.
"It's alright, I'm just too weak," Chu Qianqiu said self-deprecatingly. "I don't even have the qualifications to test my magic on Vice Dean Zhao."
"Please don't think that way," Zhao Xing said. "The power of the Primordial Sect's Minister of Agriculture is on the ground. You can't exert your full strength in the air when you use the Pure Yuan Projection. Besides, I let you enter the Cloud Formation first."
Such comfort does have some effect.
Chu Qianqiu immediately said, "Then please let me go down, Vice Dean Zhao, and let's try another venue."
"Okay." Zhao Xing nodded.
In the ensuing showdown, three scenarios emerged.
First: Without using the Celestial Timing Domain or casting Rain Art and Thunder spells, Chu Qianqiu's Plant Soldier formed a group and withstood Zhao Xing's teleportation attack.
Second: Zhao Xing caused the clouds to descend, completely enveloping Chu Qianqiu's Pure Yuan Projection range, which was equivalent to indirectly pulling Chu Qianqiu into the Cloud Method.
However, during this process, Zhao Xing could sense that Cloud Method was weakening.
Third, by utilizing the power of Celestial Timing Domain, Zhao Xing's clouds extended down in dozens of cloud streaks from the sky.
The cloud easily swept Chu Qianqiu into it, and no matter how Chu Qianqiu resisted, it was useless.
After testing Chu Qianqiu multiple times, Zhao Xing told Chu Qianqiu to rest while he summarized his findings.
"The sky is clear, the earth is turbid, and clouds are yang, representing upward movement. The Ultimate Law of the Yun Tian Dao is most effective the closer one gets to the ground."
This will be affected by the earth's Earth Vein, which is an interference at the level of the Earth Vein rules.
"Once the clouds descend and get closer to the Earth Vein, their power decreases."
"The Ultimate Cloud Art is most powerful in the air without being combined with the Celestial Timing Domain; the higher the altitude, the stronger the power."
"Once the Celestial Timing Domain is superimposed, and the Great Heat Rule Domain suppresses the Earth Vein Rule, this natural interference can be ignored, and Chu Qianqiu will still be pulled into the sky by me."
"However, if there is an enemy who has grasped the rules of Earthly Advantage Institute, we can still resist them, or someone like Old Liu, whose Four Seasons Domain is formed by precious troops, will not be disturbed."
"We must adapt to local conditions. If we really have to fight, we should first use the Ultimate Rain Art to erode the ground," Zhao Xing thought to himself.
While he was pondering, Chu Qianqiu below was also contemplating life.
He was beaten so badly by Zhao Xing that he questioned his existence.
No matter what he did, the final result was always the same: he was pulled into the Layered Cloud Realm.
He could tell that Zhao Xing wasn't using his full strength at all.
He had already used all his strength.
"My Pure Origin Soil contains a rare ' Moon Birch ' tree, but I can't project it at all. With just a Ninth Order unit, I simply can't defeat it—that's the difference."
Chu Qianqiu, as the Dean of the Soldier Envoy Institute, naturally inherited the treasure; however, he has not yet comprehended the Domain of Rules.
Getting Moon Birch to participate in the battle is quite difficult.
Chu Qianqiu inherited the Soldier Envoy Institute when he was Second Rank official, and has now reached the mid-first-rank position. It has only been 140 years in total.
One hundred and forty years, to cultivate to the first rank on his own, and then to even develop a domain of rules? That's truly a bit difficult for him. It's true he's on the rise, but it shouldn't be this fast.
"Liu Tianning was able to do it, and now his disciple has done it too, and even earlier—" Chu Qianqiu recalled the scene when he stopped Liu Tianning and couldn't help but sigh, "It's really too damn outrageous."
It's unclear whether he was criticizing himself for blocking Liu Tianning outrageously, or saying that the two masters and disciples had extraordinary talents.
"Receive!"
Zhao Xing withdrew his magic and landed.
"Thank you, Dean Chu."
Chu Qianqiu snapped out of his daze and cupped his hands in a respectful bow, saying, "Congratulations, Dean Zhao."
"Congratulations, Dean Zhao." Many more voices followed.
When Zhao Xing looked around, he saw that many powerful figures had already run over, including Lin Yuan, Zhuang Danian, the dean of Divine Wood Institute, and Yu Xia, the dean of Twin Birth Institute, all of whom were congratulating him.
"Greetings, everyone." Zhao Xing also cupped his hands in greeting to the four directions.
"Everyone, please disperse," Lin Yuan said. "Don't disturb Dean Zhao's meditation."
"I'd like to offer my congratulations, but I'll wait until Dean Zhao holds his final sermon conference before doing so."
Yes, it is customary for powerful individuals who have mastered the Ultimate Law to hold a grand conference afterward to publicly preach their doctrines.
This is undoubtedly a grand event.
Unfortunately, Zhao Xing was destined not to hold such a grand ceremony at the Shangluo Academy.
The grand conference on the Ultimate Law of Heavenly Timing will undoubtedly be held for the first time at the Mystic Heaven Academy and the Shangluo Academy.
That would be outrageous.
"Please forgive me, everyone," Zhao Xing, bowing slightly.
As the crowd dispersed.
Zhao Xing's true form continued to comprehend the "Soldier Envoy Divine Art".
In the distant Guangling Prefecture, at the Daoist temple.
One of Zhao Xing's clones was resting on the Dao Debate Platform.
Opposite him, another thin figure was resting on the Dao Debate Platform.
When Zhao Xing opened his eyes, he stood up, cupped his hands in thanks to the other party, and said, "Thank you Lord Ji."
Upon hearing the voice, Ji Bochang on the other side also opened his eyes. "Why does Divine Might Marquis thank you?"
He was the Heaven-Reaching Priest of the Heavenly Guangling Prefecture, holding the rank of Second Rank Official, the same level as the Lesser Agriculture Decree, and was in charge of all sacrificial affairs in the Guangling Grotto-Heaven.
He studied under the Priest Bu Guangheng, but Priest Bu Guangheng was also nearing the end of his life and was in a semi-retired state. Ji Bochang was at the early stage of the Fate Palace Realm, and there were twenty or thirty other Heaven-Reaching Priest with the same strength as him, which was also full of competition. The only advantage was that Ji Bochang relatively young and had the Ji Surname, so he might be able to inherit the position of Priest in the future.
"After fighting with Lord Ji, I have comprehended the Ultimate Law," Zhao Xing said. "Thank you."
"I see. Then I can accept this salute from Divine Might Marquis, hahaha." Ji Bochang laughed loudly, without returning the salute.
In this way, one can avoid karmic consequences and accept Zhao Xing's gift as a token of gratitude.
Zhao Xing fought many battles in twelve years, and Ji Bochang was merely there by chance; Ji Bochang was clear about this.
"Brother Ji, goodbye."
"Farewell, Divine Might Marquis."
Ji Bochang rose to see him off.
By this time, Zhao Xing's clones across the country had all finished their trials and were being recalled, heading towards the Daoyuan Continent. By August of the 92nd year of Eternal Governance Era, Zhao Xing's clones from his travels in other places had been largely recalled.
Only a few clones remain in the Daoyuan Continent Pinghai Province.
"The realm of Heavenly Timing rules has been born, and the Ultimate Law has been mastered, but the road ahead is still long."
"Old Liu has made great progress in the past twelve years." Zhao Xing's clone was checking the duel records in the dojo.
"In the ninetieth year of Eternal Governance Era, Old Liu had his last round of regular sparring."
"Ling Tianchen Wang Tianzhi from the Mystic Heaven Academy, Qiu Yuanshan and Ji Youtang from the Kunyuan Academy, along with the other sixteen candidates, fought against Liu Tianning."
"The remaining sixteen are not worth watching; they all come in and go in the same time," Zhao Xing said.
"By the ninth round, Old Liu was getting angry too."
"These sixteen were all defeated in one move, without any mercy shown to them."
Even after winning, he didn't take the initiative to ask the other party if they were willing to discuss philosophy.
Anyone would be angry, because these guys hadn't won in the previous rounds, and even though they were clearly outmatched, they kept fighting and managed to get to the ninth round.
Liu Tianning stopped pretending. You think you're so tough? Well then, let's see you have your own "Great Dao Contention"!
"Thus, the sixteen candidates took the initiative to ask Liu Tianning to discuss the Dao with them before admitting defeat and preserving some dignity."
"It's unprecedented for the Dean of the Shangluo Academy to become the Grand Minister of Agriculture, and the resistance is indeed great. Old Liu also broke records, only after the ninth round did he convince these people," Zhao Xing thought to himself.
"The last four weren't defeated in a single move; they caused Liu Tianning a great deal of trouble."
Since the end of that battle eighty years ago, Ling Tianchen, Wang Tianzhi, Qiu Yuanshan, Ji Youtang have been cultivating like madmen.
Under such immense pressure, Ling Tianchen and Wang Tianzhi actually made another step forward, reaching the Domain Seventh Rank!
"Ling Tianchen further improved upon the shortcomings of the Ancestral Dragon Transformation."
"Wang Tianzhi has even mastered the Ultimate Law of thunder and rain." Zhao Xing looked at the battle records.
"But Liu Tianning has also reached the Domain Seventh Rank, his dual Domains: the Life Domain and the Four Seasons Domain."
They completely overwhelmed the two.
"Ling and Wang only lasted for half an hour before they were defeated."
"On the contrary, Qiu Yuanshan, who had the Earthly Advantage Faction, caused Old Liu a lot of trouble."
Zhao Xing turned on the Earth Mirror and played the final battle.
That was a duel between Qiu Yuanshan and Liu Tianning.
Prior to this, Ji Youtang, the vice dean of the Earthly Advantage Faction, had already given up the competition. She didn't fight a single match, but she conceded defeat in the ninth round.
Qiu Yuanshan, who had avoided eight rounds of combat, displayed formidable strength, holding out for a full half-hour before finally succumbing to defeat.
"Take a look at this match." After Zhao Xing clicked on this duel, hundreds of Earth Mirror in the secret room he was in lit up at the same time.
The surrounding scenery suddenly rippled like flowing water; this is the highest level of functionality of the Earth Mirror —scene reproduction. It tracks and captures footage from multiple angles, then combines and recreates the scene.
Zhao Xing immediately saw Liu Tianning, dressed in blue, and Qiu Yuanshan, dressed in gray robes, in the sky ahead.
"The random sparring location is Autumn Mountain Plain." Zhao Xing stared down at the barren, lifeless land with only two lonely mountains.
"Whoosh~"
As soon as the battle began, Qiu Yuanshan crashed into the ground like a cannonball and disappeared completely.
"What a shameless way to play." Zhao Xing smiled slightly upon seeing this.
The classic tactic of the Earthly Advantage Faction Shennong, is to first burrow underground!
When Zhao Xing first challenged the Heavenly Craft Hall of the Great Dream Academy, he received the reward of Eight Heavenly Maidens Mechanism Puppet, all thanks to his ability to burrow underground.
It wasn't until the second level, when they encountered the "Hundred Transformations Dao Soldier" and were unable to burrow underground, that they finally failed.
At that time, the Hundred Transformations Dao Soldier was Seventh Order material, while Zhao Xing was only Fifth Grade.
This clearly demonstrates the unscrupulous nature of the Earthly Advantage Faction- based" fighting style.
"Boom boom~"
Qiu Yuanshan made the first move, and the earth cracked open, with huge fissures appearing across the entire Autumn Mountain Plain.
"The Ultimate Earth Splitting Art, ' Netherworld,' refers to the Yin Realm Netherworld ancient times. Legend has it that the Yin Realm is located in the deepest part of the Earth Vein. The largest Yin-Yang passage in the world today, Abundance Capital, was formed by a violent movement of the earth 'Earth Vein."
"The Ultimate Earth Splitting Art, ' Netherworld,' can tear open the passage between Yin and Yang, allowing the dead to be resurrected, but this is ultimately just a legend," Zhao Xing thought to himself.
The Ultimate Law, "Netherworld," can indeed tear open a passage between Yin and Yang, but this passage is conditional. It can draw in the wind and water of the Yin Realm —Yin Realm anything of the Nether Five Elements can appear, and it can even release Yin Soul.
But even if released, they are still Yin Soul, unable to be reborn with a physical body.
"Qiu Yuanshan is hiding his true intentions very well," Zhao Xing remarked, looking down below.
At this moment, the earth underwent a transformation, and seven bottomless caves appeared in the entire dojo area.
"Nether Netherwind Cave, Nether Shattering Thunder Cave, Nether Bonefire Cave, Nether Xinjin Cave, Nether Kui Water Cave"
The Nether Yellow Springs Cave, the Nether Earth Burial Cave.
"Through the application of the Earth Splitting Art, these seven cave entrances have all become man-made forbidden areas, each belonging to one of the seven elements: metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, and thunder."
"It's been hidden very well; three out of the seven are true meanings at the first-grade Nether Five Elements level."
"Seven types of underground caves constitute the Netherworld's domain of rules."
"Luckily, this person isn't a perfect rank in all seven elements, otherwise Old Liu would have really been in deep trouble." Zhao Xing had been cultivating all along and this was the first time he had ever watched something like this. Although he already knew the outcome, he was still worried for Liu Tianning.
As soon as the battle began, Qiu Yuanshan unleashed his deadly move.
In the entire dojo area, only a small portion of land between the caves was available for Liu Tianning to use his Pure Yuan Projection to take root.
"The orientation of his seven holes is also quite particular."
"Old Liu's Four Seasons Rule Domain: Spring is dominated by the East, Summer by the South. The Heaven Horn Bamboo and Golden Divine Pillar must be placed in the East and South to maximize their power."
"In spring, the Heaven Horn Bamboo corresponds to the east and belongs to the wood element in the Five Elements theory, so he opened the Nether Bonefire Cave in the due east direction."
"The summer Golden Divine Pillar corresponds to the south and belongs to the fire element, so he opened the Nether Netherwind Cave in the due south."
"If you don't make a sound, you'll be a sensation when you do." Now that Zhao Xing has grasped the realm of rules, he can see many intricacies in this battle.
"A chilling Yin Wind blew out from the cave, as if countless ghosts were wailing."
The Yin Wind targets the soul, which to some extent counters Liu Tianning's dharma body.
Yin Shattering Thunder, Bone Fire, and Kui Water began to emerge continuously from the underground cave, attacking Liu Tianning.
"If it were any other Agricultural Official, their escape techniques could not possibly surpass Qiu Yuanshan's. Because he escapes deep underground, Qiu Yuanshan is almost invincible."
"But Old Liu is different. He has seven Dharma bodies, which correspond to the seven caves." Zhao Xing thought to himself.
Faced with the attack, Liu Tianning sent his clone into the underground cave to search for Qiu Yuanshan.
Since Qiu Yuanshan is to preside over the Ultimate Earth Splitting Art, he must be in any of the seven caves. Although he can escape, he can never escape the range of these seven caves.
Since there was no suppression, Liu Tianning sent out tens of thousands of clones to burrow into the underground cave.
The Mystic Fire Law Body entered the Nether Fire Cave, the Earthen Law Body entered the Dizang Cave, the Yellow Springs Law Body entered the Wood-element Yellow Springs Cave, and the Duckweed Law Body and Heaven-Traversing Law Body entered the Hanlei and Kuishui Caves respectively.
"Boom!"
The power of the seven underground caves was immediately weakened, and Qiu Yuanshan also had to be on guard due to the saturation interference from the clones.
He jumped between the seven caves, but Liu Tianning had clones entering all seven caves, so he had to focus on attacking the clones.
"Phew~~"
All seven caves exhibited tremendous attraction, with vortexes gathering at their entrances.
Qiu Yuanshan took the initiative to embrace Liu Tianning's clones and swallowed them all.
"How dare he—huh? Damn! Seven-Cave Shifting Form?" Zhao Xing was stunned.
After swallowing Liu Tianning's clone, Zhao Xing discovered that the attributes of the seven caves had changed.
The wind tunnel turned into a thunder tunnel, the fire tunnel turned into a water tunnel...
Whatever clone Liu Tianning attacks, he immediately transforms into the element that counters it.
"By harnessing the power of the Earth Vein to unleash the Netherworld, Qiu Yuanshan can guarantee the successful completion of the counteracting technique."
"He has been studying the Kunyuan Divine Hoe for over a hundred years and has actually come up with some insights—" Zhao Xing muttered to himself.
Without a doubt, Qiu Yuanshan's situation is far more troublesome than Ling Tianchen's and Wang Tianzhi's.
It's not that his attacks are particularly strong, but rather that he's difficult to defeat.
Qiu Yuanshan's main strategy was to wear Liu Tianning down, to see whose energy would be depleted first in this contest.
"Boom!"
The crater erupted, spewing out countless 'corpses'.
Those were the bodies of ' Liu Tianning '
The remains of the Straw Man Clone were flying everywhere, creating a spectacular scene.
Zhao Xing could imagine that the atmosphere at the scene would definitely be explosive.
"The Heaven Horn Bamboo and Golden Divine Pillar have taken root."
Due to the shifting shape of the burrow, Liu Tianning successfully rooted the Heaven Horn Bamboo and Golden Divine Pillar.
"With Seventh Order domain, Old Liu is already able to fully unleash the two treasure-level troop types."
"But its plant height is strange—I see, it's taking root?"
"He wants to destroy the underground cave using the Origin Foundation Art?"
One of the True Self Four Arts the Foundation Strengthening Art, which is specifically designed to strengthen the roots of plants.
Liu Tianning's Plant Soldier are at an abnormal height, only 100 meters tall, and they are sinking.
It's obvious that he wants to use two Plant Soldier to crush the Earth Vein!
"The Heaven and Earth Planting Soldiers Scripture, the Inverted Heavenly Dipper, Old Liu has cultivated it so quickly---" Zhao Xing sighed as he watched the two God-tier Soldier Type sink into the ground.
At the same time, the clone was dispatched again.
This time, Liu Tianning changed his strategy. The number and type of the seven Dharma Bodies entering the cave were all the same. In this way, no matter how Qiu Yuanshan changed, Liu Tianning could ensure that some of the Dharma Bodies could successfully enter the depths of the earth.
"Metaphor"
Ultimately, only the canopies of the two rare unit types appeared on the ground.
The duel in the dojo became a completely underground battle.
As his clones were continuously consumed, Qiu Yuanshan's vital energy was also being depleted.
The tug-of-war lasted for nearly 35 minutes.
"Buzz!"
As the Heaven Horn Bamboo and Golden Divine Pillar shifted and intersected, the first underground cave was finally destroyed.
"Divine Splendor Strangulation".
Zhao Xing saw this move again, but this time from an overhead perspective.
Underground, the Divine Splendor Strangulation proceeded exceptionally slowly.
However, this was in conjunction with the continuous attacks from Liu Tianning's seven clones.
In the end, Qiu Yuanshan could not withstand the attack, and all seven holes were destroyed.
By the time they reached the burial cave, it was already too late to save them.
In the end, Qiu Yuanshan conceded defeat.
"Buzz~"
The image freezes, revealing multiple cross-sectional views of the underground surface.
Zhao Xing glanced at it and saw that the ground was completely riddled with holes, with countless tunnels crisscrossing the area.
Of course, many "Liu Tianning"s also lie underground, completely buried.
"Impressive," Zhao Xing couldn't help but exclaim.
Surprisingly, Qiu Yuanshan, whom he thought was cowardly, actually persisted the longest.
"After this battle, Qiu Yuanshan's reputation soared. Originally, there were many doubts about his succession as the dean of the Kunyuan Academy, but now, after this battle, the doubts have disappeared." Zhao Xing flipped through the documents.
Without a doubt, Qiu Yuanshan, who obtained the Kunyuan Divine Hoe, has also undergone a significant enhancement after years of study.
"However, Liu Tianning has also made tremendous progress in the past ten years. He has resolved the potential problems, and his progress is beginning to show."
Both domains have been enhanced.
"The Yellow Springs Cave also isolates and extracts life force, but it cannot isolate Liu Tianning's life domain. His replenishment speed exceeds that of Qiu Yuanshan."
17
Zhao Xing couldn't wait to send a message to Liu Tianning.
[Teacher, when you faced Qiu Yuanshan two years ago, did you go all out?]
A moment later, Liu Tianning replied, "No, the Duckweed has broken through to the Ninth Order and reached the level of a low-grade treasure (21)."
[My true form can Duckweed down to cast spells, and I also have two Derived Seed I can release, but Qiu Yuanshan is indeed a formidable opponent.]
"Duckweed level 10 already? What a spendthrift," Zhao Xing muttered.
In his view, it wasn't worthwhile to use spiritual energy on Duckweed, since with Cloud-Soaring Vine around, Duckweed was just a worthless creature.
He was meticulous in his calculations, but Liu Tianning was extravagant.
"I need to get Old Liu to step down quickly, this is too extravagant," Zhao Xing complained.
Of course, having spiritual energy doesn't necessarily allow Plant Soldier to break through limits and reach the treasure level.
Enabling Plant Soldier to advance, transform, and unleash their full power is not an easy task.
The main reason is that Liu Tianning cultivated quickly; his True Self Four Arts were already at the highest level of perfection, as was his "Heaven and Earth Planting Soldiers Scripture."
It has also reached the third level of mastery.
"The faster we repair it, the more wasteful it is," Zhao Xing lamented.
"Hahaha." Li Boqian burst into laughter upon hearing Zhao Xing's complaints about Liu Tianning. "How novel!"
You still complain that Liu Tianning is wasteful? Hahahaha.
This is truly Inverted Heavenly Dipper.
Seeing Li Boqian laugh, Zhao Xing also smiled slightly.
He was just trying to make Old Li happy, because Li Boqian didn't have much time left to live.
Li Boqian will Lifespan Exhaustion in the 96th year of the Eternal Governance Era.
"Alright, let's not talk about him anymore." Li Boqian seemed to have seen through Zhao Xing's thoughts. "I don't have much time either. You need to quickly learn the four basic secret techniques of the Origin Seal Art."
"Now we have reached a critical period of transition between the old and the new. With the new emperor ascending the throne and the dynasty's fortunes being passed on, turmoil is inevitable."
Zhao Xing nodded slightly. How many years has Wu Emperor been born? He's not even fifty yet!
Before the age of fifty, after deducting the first ten years of childhood and experience, there is not much time left for cultivation.
After Emperor Jing's death, Ji Che was required to reach the highest rank of "Standard Super First Grade" in a very short period of time.
If we consider the changes in the human body during cultivation as a kind of climatic change, then this is an extremely intense climatic change!
"There's not much of a problem domestically, but it's mainly the border. There are quite a few forces that are stirring up trouble and plotting something sinister," Li Boqian said. "You met the Morse Country ten years ago, so you should know that the surrounding borders of the Great Zhou are not peaceful."
"Yes." Zhao Xing nodded. The Morse Country was resisting the West Si Country. When Prince Jinke of the Morse Country came to the capital, he had three purposes: to pay tribute, to claim credit, and to request support.
"The Five New Divine Talismans and the Burning Heaven Locking Origin Grand Formation —you must master them as soon as possible." Li Boqian stared at Zhao Xing. "Kid, you really have to believe me; this is truly a powerful Ultimate Law!"
Zhao Xing was both amused and exasperated. "I really have been studying hard."
Did Li Boqian think he was slacking off?
"If you had truly put in the effort, how come you comprehended the Ultimate Cloud Art first?"
"I—" Zhao Xing was speechless.
Well, ultimately, he still had some doubts. Zhao Xing had his own cultivation plan.
He did not regard "Yuan Seal" as his first cultivation goal. At most, it was the third priority in his plan, and it was even ranked after "Soldier Envoy Divine Art".
"From now on, I will definitely devote myself to cultivation," Zhao Xing declared.
"That's more like it." Li Boqian nodded in satisfaction. Once Yin Spirit, it will be troublesome to teach. He was genuinely afraid that this technique would be lost.
He tried to teach Lu Chunhua and Wang Tianzhi, but these people hadn't even learned two of the four basic secret techniques.
The scope is too broad, combining four fundamental secret techniques with Transformation of Seasons Art, Earthly Advantage Method, talisman techniques, and formations.
Only Zhao Xing has the energy and talent to succeed.
After all, his technique doesn't have any stages below the top-tier Seventh-Turn.
However, he could understand Zhao Xing. After all, Zhao Xing was proficient in three different schools of thought and many different spells, and it was already quite remarkable that he could progress so quickly.
Zhao Xing agreed to Li Boqian and prioritized cultivating the "Yuan Seal" technique.
As Emperor Jing approached the end of his life, the activities of the Great Zhou's enemies became increasingly frequent.
In the summer of the 93rd year of the Eternal Governance Era, the Holy Light Royal Court of the Southern Barbarians, in alliance with the Profound Heaven Sect, plotted a rebellion in Guangling Grotto-Heaven.
Seven officers of the Third Grade and Second Rank of the second rank launched a suicide attack.
Meanwhile, several thousand mid-grade soldiers launched natural disasters in four counties of Guangling Prefecture.
Upon receiving the news and seeing the battle report, Zhao Xing was momentarily dazed.
"The uprising of the Profound Heaven Sect in my previous life was delayed for so long."
"This Windrider Daoist? Is he Li Chengfeng?"
"Pity-"
While browsing the battle reports, Zhao Xing also spotted a familiar face: Li Chengfeng, the talented clerk who had been kidnapped from Gucheng in Nanyang County over a hundred years ago. Now, he was Fifth Grade Pure Yuan Realm.
He was known as "Windrider Daoist" and was killed in Guangling County.
"Time flies, so much time has passed in the blink of an eye." Zhao Xing put down the intelligence report.
The riots did not cause much harm, but they cast a psychological shadow over the people of the Great Zhou.
In the 94th year of the Eternal Governance Era, aquatic creatures from the East Sea frequently attacked overseas merchants' guilds, with a total of more than 70,000 attacks throughout the year, more than ten times that of previous years.
Of the forty-eight commercial shipping routes, only six were considered absolutely safe due to the presence of numerous cruisers escorting them.
At the end of the same year, envoys from ten countries, including the Morse Country and the Buling Country in the West Sea, came to the capital to request the Great Zhou to provide supplies and manpower to resist the invasion of the West Si Country.
In the 95th year of the Eternal Governance Era, Zhao Xing completed the "Five New Divine Talismans" and reached the top level of the Seventh-Turn.
This method combines the principles of the Agricultural Official with the Heavenly Timing. Because it involves creating something from nothing, it requires the integration of two different approaches. It is also the second most advanced method that Zhao Xing has studied for the longest time so far.
The first is the Burning Heaven Locking Origin Formation, Zhao Xing has not yet fully mastered.
On April 16th of the 96th year of the Eternal Governance Era, Li Boqian passed away.
As the seventh Grand Minister of Agriculture of the Great Zhou, a close friend of Emperor Jing, and the leader of the Time Faction, Li Boqian's death was so devastating that even Ji Mingjing, who had been absent from public view for a long time, personally came to see him off and bestowed upon Li Boqian the title of the thirty-seventh Grand Agricultural Official.
Emperor Jing even specially opened the underworld passage in Abundance Capital for him, allowing the Essence Soul Leaving the Body and be sent all the way to the Yin Realm to see Li Boqian rebuild his Yin God Body.
Li Boqian was one of the few first-rank officials in Emperor Jing's reign who served from the beginning to the end.
Other positions such as Grand Commandant, Grand Craftsman Official, Fate Officials, and Chancellor have all been replaced.
"Hahaha, I'm alive again!" Li Boqian laughed loudly in the Heavenly Official Bureau in the Yin Realm.
At this point, only a few close relatives remained in the Heavenly Official Bureau.
Li Boqian laughed unrestrainedly as he walked out of the Nether Spirit Pool of the Celestial Soul Temple.
Then, his second sentence was:
"Teacher, it's time for you to step down and give way to a more capable person."
Heavenly Yang True Lord, who was smoking, immediately turned pale. He pointed at Li Boqian, so angry that he was practically spitting smoke. "You unfilial wretch!"
Zhao Xing:
Everyone:
After Li Boqian's death, he seemed to have let his true nature shine through, saying nonchalantly, "The positions of heavenly officials take turns, and this year it's my turn. Teacher, I'm letting you rest well, how is that being unfilial?"
"This is precisely the greatest filial piety!"
After a commotion, the authority of the Heavenly Yang True Lord in the Yin Realm was transferred to Li Boqian, including the Shang Tang Token, which was originally intended to be taken back.
However, seeing that Zhao Xing was holding it, Li Boqian continued to let Zhao Xing keep it.
The original soul of Heavenly Yang True Lord has also changed.
It has gained a touch of elegance, but lost a touch of human warmth.
"From today onwards, apart from the main soul, the branch souls of our Grandmaster in Earth God will become ruthless and inhuman."
"They'll only follow the rules of the imperial court now," Zhao Xing thought to himself.
It is impossible for Yin Spirit to retain personal emotions indefinitely; this is a characteristic of the Yin Spirit system.
Especially after the Liang King Rebellion, Emperor Jing further restricted the Yin Spirit system. Heavenly Yang True Lord should not have entered this stage so quickly, but after the Liang King Rebellion, all Yin Spirit systems were cleared of their souls and rights after the new Yin Spirit took office.
"Teacher, what are you smoking? It smells so good!" Li Boqian was feeling quite pleased with himself when he suddenly smelled a delightful fragrance. He immediately went over and sniffed.
"Get lost!" Heavenly Yang True Lord kicked Li Boqian away. "Don't come here to freeload off my offerings. If you want something, go find Lu Chunhua yourself."
"No, teacher..."
"Get out of here!"
From the end of the 96th year of Eternal Governance Era, almost all large-scale events in the country came to a halt.
Because according to the lifespan limit of emperors, Emperor Jing only had three years left to live.
Knowing the limits of lifespan is the downside; at this point, officials in various states and prefectures have basically issued bans.
All large-scale entertainment activities are prohibited, and brothels and entertainment venues are directly shut down for rectification.
Apart from the appointment and promotion of officials of the Third Grade, the Third Grade and promotion of Third Grade of the middle and upper ranks had already stopped as early as the 90th year of the Eternal Governance Era.
In Grotto-Heaven various Military Realm, the troop movements on the borders of the Great Zhou are becoming increasingly frequent.
At the end of the 97th year of Eternal Governance Era, Zhao Xing, the Divine Might Marquis, even received an order to reorganize the army, requiring the Divine Might Army to prepare for war.
He also had to personally go to Xier County to give instructions to Cao Qianyue, Li Muwan, Zhao Zheng, Liao Rulong and others, and to make preparations for war.
Throughout the country, the clandestine activities of the Fate Officials never ceased, especially in important locations such as the Aquatic Clan Pacification Bureau, the Canglan River, coastal cities in the Western Extremity, Tianyong Province, and Abundance Capital, which were almost all under heavy surveillance.
The year was the 98th year of the Eternal Governance Era.
Just after the Spring She Day, Zhao Xing sensed an unusual phenomenon in the sky.
"The fate of the Nineteen Provinces has undergone a great change, but this change is gentle." Zhao Xing stood Summit of the Sky-Reaching, gazing up at the starry sky.
"According to custom, the time of Emperor Jing's death will not be known to anyone. His death will be announced by the new emperor. This is to prevent anyone from causing trouble at the appointed time."
Zhao Xing looked around and could sense that changes were taking place, but he didn't know when they started or when they would end.
"For now, we can only wait."
"I hope Old Jing won't cause any more trouble," Zhao Xing thought to himself. "Don't break any ancestral rules and suddenly summon people to the capital to give them some orders."
What needed to be explained has already been explained, and what needed to be planned has already been planned. Knowing their own fate, the emperors of the Dynasty of Fate would never wait until they were about to die to engage in the usual dying wish of entrusting their children to others.
The year was October of the 98th year of the Jingxin Calendar.
At the Heaven Equaling Mountain in the Spirit Ruins Blessed Land, the Fate Officials Ji Si suddenly appeared.
Zhao Xing turned around, his pupils shrinking.
"Divine Might Marquis, receive His Majesty's secret decree."
"Your subject receives the decree." Zhao Xing knelt down to receive the decree.
"The late emperor did not live a long life."
"Crown Ji Che has already taken control of the divine artifact and inherited the throne."
"Order Marquis Zhao Xing of Divine Might Marquis to immediately go to the capital and secretly meet with the new emperor."
After Ji Si finished reading the imperial edict, she placed it on top of Zhao Xing's head.
The imperial edict shimmered with Golden Light, and a golden dragon coiled around it. It was exactly the same as the original imperial edict, except that the dragon was smaller.
"Your subject Zhao Xing receives the imperial edict." Zhao Xing held up the edict, and a strange yet familiar power emanated from it, accompanied by a somewhat deep voice entering his mind.
"Elder brother, Father Emperor passed away at 3:45 AM. Please come to Abundance Capital to see me immediately." This was Ji Che's voice. A new era had begun.